Tropical Cyclone Weekly Summary #153 (July 3 - 10, 1994)
JACK
National Hurricane Center Central Pacific Hurricane Center
Naval Western Oceanography Center Fiji Meteorological Service
Meteorological Service of New Zealand Joint Typhoon Warning Center
Japanese Meteorological Agency Bureau of Meteorology, Australia
Philippine Meteorological Service Royal Observatory of Hong Kong
Indian Meteorological Department Reunion Meteorological Service
Mauritius Meteorological Service
(others may be added as they become available)
Author's note: ja...@cloud3.met.fsu.edu is going out of business soon.
Please address any comments or questions to be...@hrd-tardis.nhc.noaa.gov
(assuming the mailer stays operational!) or jbe...@delphi.com
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polar orbiting satellite imagery is now available via the World Wide Web (http
protocol) using Mosaic. This is courtesy of Greg Deuel at the DMSP satellite
archive. It can be retrieved by:
1. Open the Open URL window (under File) in Mosaic, then typing:
http://web.ngdc.noaa.gov.
2. Find the Home Page for the DMSP satellite archive
3. Click on Weekly Updated Items, then click on the dates given on the next
page.
4. The imagery links will be color-coded inside the summary text.
For more information on the imagery and how the digitized summary and
images can be retrieved by ftp, gopher, etc., please contact Greg Deuel
(Internet: g...@po-box.ngdc.noaa.gov).
WEEKLY TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY #153 JULY 3-10, 1994
North Atlantic Basin: No tropical cyclones.
Special Tropical Storm Alberto Update: Latest press reports indicate that
28 people have died due to flooding caused by Alberto. The flood damage is
estimated at 100 million dollars. Alberto's landfall apparently caused only
minor damage and no casualties in the Florida Panhandle. I inadvertently
omitted an important ship observation from last week's summary. Ship KCRD
reported 44 kt winds and a minimum pressure of 1004.8 mb just north of
Alberto at 1800 UTC 2 July.
Eastern North Pacific Basin (E of 140 Deg. W):
Tropical Storm Carlotta: At the start of the summary period, ex-hurricane
Carlotta was moving west with 40 kt winds. Carlotta continued west as it
weakened to a depression on 4 July, and it dissipated the next day near 21N
134W.
Tropical Storm Daniel: Tropical Depression 4E formed near 12N 123W on
8 July. Moving west, the system reached tropical storm strength and a peak
intensity of 60 kt the next day. Daniel continued moving west through the
end of the summary period, at which time it was packing 55 kt winds.
Central North Pacific Basin (180 Deg. W to 140 Deg. W): No tropical cyclones.
Western North Pacific Basin (W of 180 Deg. W):
Tropical Depression 7W: At the start of the summary period, TD-7W was
moving west-northwest across the South China Sea. The system turned north
and moved into China the next day. The depression quickly dissipated over
land. There are no reports of damage or casualties at this time.
Typhoon Tim: Tropical Depression 8W formed near 13N 130E on 7 July. Init-
ially moving north-northwest, the system turned northwest the next day as it
reached both tropical storm and typhoon intensity. Tim continued northwest
and rapidly intensified to a peak intensity of 125 kt before it hit Taiwan
on 10 July. At the end of the summary period, Tim was over the Taiwan
Straits near the coast of eastern China. Winds were estimated between
75-115 kt.
Tim seriously affected Taiwan and China. Taipei, Taiwan reported 55 kt
sustained winds with gusts to 82 kt at 1400 UTC 10 July. Hsinchun reported a
minimum pressure of 971 mb at the same time. Xiamen, China reported a minimum
pressure of 982.5 mb at 2100 UTC 10 July. Press reports indicate that seven
people died on Taiwan with six others missing. Damage is estimated at 69
million dollars. The next summary will have further details on Tim's effects
in China.
Tropical Storm Vanessa: Tropical Depression 9W formed near 16N 116E on 9
July. The system reached tropical storm intensity later that day as it re-
mained quasi-stationary. Vanessa started moving north-northeast through the
South China Sea on 10 July in response to Typhoon Tim approaching Taiwan.
At the end of the summary period, the storm was packing 45 kt winds. There
are several ship reports of 25-40 kt winds and pressures below 1000 mb in
association with Vanessa.
North Indian Ocean Basin: No tropical cyclones.
South Indian Ocean Basin (W of 135 Deg. E): No tropical cyclones.
South Pacific Ocean Basin (E of 135 Deg. E): No tropical cyclones.
Disclaimer: While an effort has been made to make sure this information is
accurate as possible, it was drawn from operational warnings that may not
always agree with the best track information published after the storm is
over. Please address any questions or comments on the information this
week to Jack Beven at Internet address:
be...@hrd-tardis.nhc.noaa.gov (preferable)
or
jbe...@delphi.com (new address)
Please address any questions or comments on the digitized version or the
associated satellite imagery to Greg Deuel at the DMSP satellite archive at
Internet address:
Past text copies of the Tropical Cyclone Weekly Summary can be obtained via e-
mail. Please send an e-mail message to Jack Beven if you are interested.